StartPage is brought to you by Ixquick, the world's most private search engine. Ixquick has been third-party certified by EuroPriSe, a European Union privacy initiative.

On July 14th, 2008 Ixquick was awarded the first European Privacy Seal.

Ixquick is the first and only EU-approved search engine.

Offers Many More Privacy - Enhancing Search Features

A Proxy Service

It allows users to surf the web with complete privacy. The proxy lets users browse websites safely and anonymously, without passing on any private, personally identifiable information to the websites they view.Learn more here

The URL Generator

To promote a cookie-free internet, StartPage has a URL generator which eradicates the need for setting a cookie. It remembers your settings in a privacy friendly manner. It can be found at the bottom of the SETTINGS page.

StartPage supports SSL (HTTPS)

The servers have been configured to handle HTTP requests over secure and encrypted Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connections. SSL is an encryption protocol that is available in almost all browsers. It establishes a secure connection between your browser and StartPage's servers. StartPage uses SSL to hide your search terms from anyone who might be monitoring traffic between your browser and StartPage's servers. You can activate SSL by using/adding an "s" to "http" in StartPage's address. (so: https://www.ixquick.com)

The URL-generator

Save settings without cookies

You can save your StartPage preferences by clicking on the "Save Setting" button on the "Settings" page.

This will save your settings on your computer in a 'cookie'- a small piece of data stored on your hard drive - called 'preferences'.

StartPage's 'preferences' cookie is a non-identifiable cookie and safe to accept, but cookies in general can pose a threat to your privacy.

People who prefer not to accept cookies or delete them regularly would not be able to keep their preferences this way.

For those people, StartPage has especially provided the "Generate URL" button at the bottom of the "Settings" page.